Tag Archives: Birds of America
Exploring Early Methods of Specimen Collection in Natural History Art
Have you ever wondered where the reference material for antique wildlife prints and paintings came [...]
Mar
Casualties of Fashion: The Contentious History of Plume Plundering
Though the idea of ornamenting oneself with a bird carcass may be a bit deterring [...]
Jul
Investigating Audubon’s 50 Best Watercolors
The Oppenheimer Editions Fine Art Prints of Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Jun
Interspecific Encounters in Audubon’s Birds of America
Picturing Combat between Different Species in Audubon's Prints
Jun
Audubon’s Miniature Folio – The Octavo Edition of Birds of America
A survey of the technical translation of Audubon’s work from the monumental to the miniature.
Jun
A Modernist Approach to Understanding a Selection of Prints from Audubon’s Birds of America
A Discussion of Spatial and Perspectival Distortion, Challenging the Confines of the Print Perimeter, and [...]
Jun
What are the differences between an Audubon Havell engraving and Bien Lithograph?
How to differentiate between John James Audubon's two Double-Elephant folio Editions of The Birds of [...]
Jun
The East Asian Influence in Audubon’s Art
A consideration of the increasingly globalized trade networks of the 19th century and their impact [...]
Jun
The Controversy Surrounding Audubon’s ‘Bird of Washington’
A consideration of the complex and convoluted history of Audubon's unidentified rapacious species
Jun
Extinct Species in Audubon’s Birds of America
Among Audubon’s depictions of 489 species in his prodigious folio The Birds of America, a [...]
Jun
A Guide to the Watermarks and Paper Types Found in Audubon’s Havell edition of The Birds of America
A brief overview of the J. Whatman Turkey Mill papermaking enterprise in relation to Audubon’s [...]
May
The Evolution of Audubon’s White-headed Eagle
The confluence of creative mechanisms behind Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon’s depictions of the [...]
Apr
Audubon’s Osprey
Audubon’s Osprey or Fish Hawk frequently makes its way into the top tier of Audubon’s [...]
Apr
Audubon Collecting Guide
An Overview of the Antique Original Editions of Audubon’s Birds of America
Apr
Audubon’s Havell Edition of the Raven and American Crow
Sensorial engagement and the challenging of object-viewer relations in Audubon's prints
Nov
Symbiosis of Art and Science in Audubon’s Pileated Woodpecker
The twofold nature of Audubon’s prints as both artistic and scientific is exemplified in his [...]
Oct
Exploring Audubon’s Woodcock – The Havell Edition
An analysis of Audubon's technical and creative approach to rendering the American Woodcock
Oct